Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. An apparatus for executing an executable program displaying advertisement data therein, comprising: storage means for storing an executable program; means for receiving advertisement data and wherein said storage means stores the received advertisement data; and execution means for executing said executable program stored in said storage means and outputting display data incorporating the advertisement data stored in said storage means, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said means for receiving receives advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement display data; and said program execution means outputs display data incorporating each of said plurality of advertisement display data at respective times.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: means for transmitting, to a program service provider, a program identification code identifying the executable program to be executed, and wherein said means for receiving receives from the program service provider advertisement data corresponding to the executable program identified by said program identification code.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said means for receiving receives a plurality of advertisement data corresponding to a plurality of executable programs; and said storage means stores the received advertisement data corresponding to the executable program to be executed by said program execution means.
5. An apparatus for executing an executable program displaying data having advertisement data therein, comprising: storage means for storing an executable program and advertisement data; means for receiving at predetermined times advertisement data identifying selected advertisement data stored in said storage means; and program execution means for executing said executable program stored in said storage means and outputting display data incorporating the selected advertisement data identified at respective times, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
6. An apparatus for executing an executable program displaying advertisement data, comprising: a memory for storing an executable program; a receiver for receiving advertisement data and wherein said memory stores the received advertisement data; and an execution apparatus for executing said executable program stored in said memory and outputting display data incorporating the advertisement data stored in said memory, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said receiver receives advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement display data; and said execution apparatus outputs display data incorporating each of said plurality of advertisement display data at respective times within original display data generated by said executable program.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising: a transmitter for transmitting, to a program service provider, a program identification code identifying the executable program to be executed, and wherein said receiver receives from the program service provider advertisement data corresponding to the executable program identified by said program identification code.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein said receiver receives a plurality of advertisement data corresponding to a plurality of executable programs; and said memory stores the received advertisement data corresponding to the executable program to be executed by said program execution means.
10. An apparatus for executing an executable program displaying data having advertisement data therein, comprising: a memory for storing an executable program and advertisement data; a receiver for receiving at predetermined times advertisement data identifying selected advertisement data stored in said memory; and an execution apparatus for executing said executable program stored in said memory and outputting display data incorporating the selected advertisement data, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
11. A method of executing an executable program displaying advertisement data, comprising the steps of: storing an executable program in a memory; receiving advertisement data relating to at least one advertisement display data at predetermined times; storing the received advertisement data in the memory; executing the executable program stored in the memory; and outputting display data incorporating the advertisement data stored in the memory with original display data generated by the executable program, inhibiting said executable program from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said step of receiving receives advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement display data; and said step of outputting outputs display data incorporating each of the plurality of advertisement display data at respective times within said original display data generated by the executable program.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of: transmitting to a program service provider a program identification code identifying the executable program to be executed; and wherein said step of receiving receives advertisement data corresponding to the executable program identified by the program identification code.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein said step of receiving receives a plurality of advertisement data corresponding to a plurality of executable programs; and said step of outputting outputs display data incorporating the advertisement data within said original display data generated by the executable program that is executed.
15. A method of executing an executable program displaying advertisement data therein, comprising the steps of: storing an executable program and advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement display data in a memory; receiving at predetermined times selected advertisement data identifying selected ones of the plurality of advertisement display data stored in the memory; executing the executable program stored in the memory; and outputting display data incorporating the selected advertisement data at respective times within original display data generated by the executable program, inhibiting said executable program from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
16. An apparatus for exchanging information with an apparatus for executing an executable program comprising: storage means for storing advertisement data; means for transmitting said advertisement data to said apparatus for executing an executable program, said means for transmitting transmits new advertisement data at predetermined times; wherein said apparatus for executing an executable program: stores the received advertisement data, executes an executable program, and outputs display data incorporating the stored advertisement data, and wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein said means for transmitting transmits advertisement data related to a plurality of advertisement data to be displayed; and said apparatus for executing an executable program outputs display data incorporating each of said plurality of advertisement data to be displayed at respective times within said original display data generated by said executable program.
18. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising: means for receiving a program identification code identifying the executable program to be executed at said apparatus for executing an executable program; and wherein said means for transmitting transmits advertisement data corresponding to the executable program identified by said program identification code.
19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein said means for transmitting transmits a plurality of advertisement data corresponding to a plurality of executable programs; and said apparatus for executing an executable program stores the received advertisement data corresponding to the executable program to be executed.
20. An apparatus for exchanging information with an apparatus for executing an executable program comprising: storage means for storing advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement data to be displayed; means for transmitting, at predetermined times, selected ones of said plurality of advertisement data stored in said storage means in accordance with advertisement selection data received from said apparatus for executing an executable program; said apparatus for executing an executable program: executing said executable program and outputting display data incorporating the selected advertisement data identified in said advertisement data selection at respective times with original advertisement data generated by said executable program, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
21. An apparatus for exchanging information with an apparatus for executing an executable program having advertisement data therein, comprising: a memory for storing advertisement data; a transmitter for transmitting said advertisement data relating to at least advertisement data to be displayed to said apparatus for executing an executable program, and for transmitting new advertisement data at predetermined times; and wherein said apparatus for executing an executable program: stores the received advertisement data, executes an executable program, and outputs display data incorporating the stored advertisement data within an original display data generated by said executable program, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein said transmitter transmits advertisement data related to a plurality of advertisement data to be displayed; and said apparatus for executing an executable program outputs display data incorporating each of said plurality of advertisement data to be displayed at respective times within said original display data generated by said executable program.
23. The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising: a receiver for receiving a program identification code identifying the executable program to be executed at said apparatus for executing an executable program; and wherein said transmitter transmits advertisement data corresponding to the executable program identified by said program identification code.
24. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein said transmitter transmits a plurality of advertisement data corresponding to a plurality of executable programs; and said apparatus for executing an executable program stores the received advertisement data corresponding to the executable program to be executed.
25. An apparatus for exchanging information with an apparatus for executing an executable program comprising: a memory for storing advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement data to be displayed; and a transmitter for transmitting, at predetermined times, selected ones of said plurality of advertisement data to be displayed stored in said memory in accordance with advertisement selection data received from said apparatus for executing an executable program; said apparatus for executing an executable program: executing said executable program and outputting display data incorporating the selected advertisement data to be displayed identified in said advertisement data selection at respective times within said original advertisement data generated by said executable program, wherein said executable program is inhibited from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
26. A method of exchanging information with an apparatus for executing an executable program having advertisement data therein, the method comprising the steps of: storing advertisement data in memory; and transmitting said advertisement data relating to at least one advertisement data to be displayed at predetermined times to said apparatus for executing an executable program; wherein an executable program is executed at said apparatus for executing an executable program by outputting display data incorporating the transmitted advertisement data to be displayed executable within an original display data generated by the program, inhibiting said executable program from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
27. The method of claim 26 , wherein said step of transmitting transmits advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement data to be displayed; and said step of outputting outputs display data incorporating each of the plurality of advertisement data to be displayed at respective times within said original display data generated by the executable program.
28. The method of claim 26 , further comprising the step of: receiving a program identification code identifying the executable program to be executed at said apparatus for executing an executable program; and wherein said step of transmitting transmits advertisement data corresponding to the executable program identified by the program identification code.
29. The method of claim 26 , wherein said step of transmitting transmits a plurality of advertisement data corresponding to a plurality of executable programs; and said apparatus for executing an executable program outputs display data incorporating the advertisement data within said original display data generated by said executable program that is to be executed by said apparatus for executing an executable program.
30. A method of exchanging information with an apparatus for executing an executable program having advertisement data therein, comprising the steps of: transmitting advertisement data relating to a plurality of advertisement data to be displayed to said apparatus for executing an executable program; and transmitting to said apparatus for executing an executable program at predetermined times advertisement data selection data identifying selected ones of the plurality of advertisement data to be displayed stored in the memory; wherein said apparatus for executing an executable program executes an executable program by outputting display data incorporating the selected advertisement data to be displayed identified in the advertisement data selection data at respective times within an original display data generated by the executable program, inhibiting said executable program from being executed when said advertisement data is not received at the predetermined times, and wherein the executable program is a game that is not periodically updated and only advertisement data displayed during execution of the game is periodically updated.
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May 27, 2008
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